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Spring 2017 • Issue 56 Maritime Messenger Food & Drink Festival The Island Youth Club Springs Back A Bloom of Colour Flip Out University of Greenwich at Medway Diary Dates Live Work Study Play IN BRIEF Who’s Who in The Observatory Jonathan Sadler In brief Jonathan Sadler is the Chief Executive of the Trust responsible for the Trust’s role at Chatham Maritime Johnathan Sadler and its funding. Chief Executive 01634 891888 [email protected] Grant Leathwhite In his new role as Residential Services Officer Grant deals with covenant and The development in the commercial areas consents, re-mortgages and is the continues apace, with the opening of the new main point of contact for St. Mary’s café, McGuire’s, in the old Pump House next to the Island residents. 01634 793943 / 07867 507187 Copper Rivet Distillery. On Jetty 5 a new American [email protected] restaurant and bar, a tanning salon and a new Dean Marsh Shepherd Neame bar are all due to open soon. Dean Marsh is the Contracts, Procurement & Facilities Manager, responsible for all aspects of contract procurement and management. A planning application has also been submitted to 01634 793942 Medway Council by WD Outlet Management Ltd [email protected] for the reuse of the old Machine Shop, a Grade II listed structure situated next to the Co-op. The Peter Hall Peter Hall is the Finance Manager & Company proposal includes the construction of a new tent Secretary responsible for managing the Trust’s like structure which encapsulates the old frame, finance function and related professional thereby protecting it from the elements. A number services such as banking and audit. 01634 793944 of residents both from the Wharf and St Mary’s [email protected] Island have registered their concern over aspects of the proposals and the matter will now be Elona Walker considered by Medway Council. Elona Walker is the Trust Administrator/PA to Chief Executive focusing on supporting the CEO and Trustees. The Trust has recently taken over Basin 2 from 01634 793945 the HCA and we have brought back Arethusa and [email protected] Medway Water Sports Trust to run a range of actives on the water. Lynsey Kember Lynsey Kember is a member of the AAT. She All the hard work by residents planting bulbs last is responsible for collecting rentcharge Autumn has certainty paid off with East and payments, credit control and payroll. 01634 793946 Central bunds a blaze of colour. I would also like [email protected] to take this opportunity to thank residents for working with Grant to resolve breaches in Vanessa Jarmak covenants. It all helps to maintain the high Is the Community Centre Team Leader. standards on St Mary’s Island. Vanessa oversees hiring of the facility along with day-to-day operations with Nicole. The Trust will shortly be holding our 4th Food and 01634 890072 Drinks Festival over the May bank holiday [email protected] including the very popular dragon boat racing on the Sunday and a new event, the Big Purple Fun Nicole Barrett Is a Community Centre Administrator. Run around St Mary’s Island on the Monday. Nicole works closely with Vanessa Let’s hope for some assisting in all aspects of hiring the facility. good weather. 01634 890072 [email protected] At Chatham Maritime Trust we pride ourselves in: Planning Consent Reminder: There are no permitted Acting with integrity development rights on St. Mary’s Island, this means that if you want to build an extension, erect a Always providing a high standard of service conservatory or shed etc. then you need to apply for planning permission from Medway Council and Restrictive Covenant consent from the Trust. All the Treating others with respect information, including a guidance note on the Council’s planning process, is on the Trust’s website (Live/ Behaving ethically Restrictive Covenants/Alterations). 2 Shaping the future of Medway Some 60 residents fed back their comments to Medway Council’s Local Plan at a drop-in session organised by SMIRA (St. Mary’s Island Residents Association). The main points highlighted from that session include: Live Health – the need for a new Infrastructure – concern District Hospital about insufficient infrastructure to support increasing residential development, i.e. Housing – insufficient GP/Hospital services, provision for older residents; educational places demand for single storey ground floor living Car parking – concerns about St. Mary’s Island becoming a Chatham Town Centre – poor commuter car park / inadequate road capacity. What measures are planned to reduce congestion and Leisure – provision of a new pollution? conference/arts facility (Dickens World site?) New Branding Redevelopment of Medway You may have noticed – would like to see a Retail City Estate – could this be greater range of retail outlets primarily a residential site the new logo for the – mainly food creating another community like St. Mary’s Island with its Maritime Messenger. own support services – GP, School, Community Centre etc. The 4 flags logo is based on a very early logo for Chatham Maritime Safety/Security – the which you can still see on signs manpower and resources of the emergency services should around the Estate. The Trust activities be increased to meet the ever have previously had different logos increasing population but this will change with the 4 flags logo being adopted across the range Thanks to those residents that of things we run including the Food attended and contributed to help and Drink festival, the Community Centre, the Maritime Messenger and shape the future of Medway. the Friday Flyer. Our contractors, when working on the Estate, will also use the new logo. By revamping an old logo in this way and rolling it out over time not only do we maintain a link with the past but develop a coordinated approach at minimum costs. 2 new zebra crossings – one Colonial House on the South of outside the Community Centre and Peacocks are due to Basin. The existing building is due another between the School and take a unit at Dockside to be demolished this year and new development. Both should be replaced with a residential installed by June 2017. Outlet Centre development. 3 games and “Tuck Shop” that are available In addition to financial assistance from the Following financial most weeks. Since it reopened they have also Trust the Club enjoys regular funding from support from the Trust, raised on the night almost £100.00 for Ward Councillors. David would like to thank “Children in Need” and, more recently, over the Trust, Ward Councillors, Rod Parr and all the Island Youth Club £120.00 for “Red Nose Day” appeals the amazing Volunteers for ensuring that the ensuring that Members are made aware of Island Club survives and continues to provide (Island Castaways) those less fortunate than themselves. young children with one of life’s memorable reopened on the16th and enduring experiences. September last year. The Club invites all children starting Year 6 at the Island School or who live on the Island to become Members and meets most Friday The Island evenings at the Community Centre between 7:00 p.m. and 9:00 p.m. It currently enjoys a membership of almost 60 children between the ages of 10 and 13 years. The big Youth Club difference is that, with the help of the Island Church, School and many Island residents the Club now has over 30 Volunteers who each try and attend one Friday night every month Springs Back and more if they feel able. This means that they have been able to put These are the dates that the Club is open for on activities such as “Nerf Gun Wars”, Circus the rest of this school year and, if you would like Skills”, “Cheerleading” and soon “Volleyball”, to add to the regular arts and craft, table to know more about membership or volunteering games, snooker, table tennis, electronic at the Club please call David Taylor on 893447. May: Friday 5th, Friday 12th, Friday 19th and Friday 26th June: Friday 9th, Friday 16th, Friday 23rd and Friday 30th July: Friday 7th and Friday 14th (the Club is then closed until it re-opens in September) Play 4 4 Live The landscaping on St. Mary’s Island is a key feature of what makes the Island a great place to live. Spring has arrived; gardens and nature are springing into life. The result of last year’s community bulb The Trust’s contractor, planting day on the Central East Bund has Turfsoil, has been working manifested in a glorious colour of red and hard to effect improvement blue anemones – in the colour of Help in the landscaping across for Heroes. the estate. They have recently completed the This year the community planting day tree works on the East will be held on Saturday 7th October Bund to ensure that roots 2017 and the planting will be in yellow do not penetrate the to recognise the good work that encapsulated Bund. Trees Marie Curie do. will be replaced with more suitable planting. On the Central East Bund the hawthorn hedging has been reduced to reinstate the top of the French drain; gaps to be replanted. At the Central Lookout overgrown plants and weeds have been removed and will be replaced with more suitable colourful planting. Work will also include fencing under the area to prevent access. Mick Heyward from Fen Pest Control taking pictures of the bird box. A bloom of colour Copyright: Katarzyna Białasiewicz 5 Flip Out offers more than trampolining… Time has flown since UK Sports Minister Tracey Crouch formally opened Flip Out Chatham in Dockside, on the 25th of November last year! Owners Mark and Sue McGill commented “We have had an amazing few months since our opening and are now welcoming over 10,000 “flippers” every month!” It’s easy to see why, with a total of SEVENTY interconnected trampolines available for use against a backdrop of amazing street art scenery.